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Imperial cities explores the influence of imperialism in the
landscapes of modern European cities. Many still display
unmistakable signs of their imperial past, not only in their
architecture and monuments, but also in the ways in which their
identities are constructed by their inhabitants and by
international tourists. urban centres, including London, Paris,
Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville. The first part on
imperial landscapes is devoted to large-scale architectural schemes
and monuments, including the Queen Victoria Memorial in London and
the Vittoriano in Rome. In the second part, the focus is on
imperial display throughout the city, from spectacular exhibitions
and ceremonies, to more private displays of empire in suburban
gardens. The final part considers the changing cultural and
political identities in the imperial city, looking particularly at
nationalism, masculinity and anti-imperialism. imperial history. It
should be important for students and teachers of history,
geography, architecture, art history, sociology and cultural
studies, as well as those interested in understanding the modern
European city.
Power and Pauperism aims to provide a new perspective on the place
of the workhouse in the history and geography of nineteenth-century
society and social policy. The workhouse system is set in the wider
context in an age associated, paradoxically, with both
laissez-faire and increasing state regulation. The study pays
particular attention to conflicts over Poor Law policy and
workhouse design. Dr Driver demonstrates that despite appearances
the workhouse system was far from monolithic, and that official
policy was beset with conflict: his study combines a national
perspective on the system with a sensitivity to regional variation
in policy and practice. The analysis of patterns of relief
regulation and institutional provision presented here provides, for
the first time, a truly national picture of the workhouse system in
operation. Power and Pauperism emphasises the need to link the
study of social policy with wider patterns of power and the value
of a geographical perspective in the study of social policy. The
book as a whole offers a challenging new interpretation of the
historical geography of social policy in nineteenth-century
Britain.
The contrast between the temperate and the tropical is one of the
most enduring themes in the history of the Western geographical
imagination. Caught between the demands of experience and
representation, documentation and fantasy, travelers in the tropics
have often treated tropical nature as a foil to the temperate, to
all that is civilized, modest, and enlightened. "Tropical Visions
in an Age of Empire" explores images of the tropical world--maps,
paintings, botanical drawings, photographs, diagrams, and
texts--produced by European and American travelers over the past
three centuries.
Bringing together a group of distinguished contributors from
disciplines across the arts and humanities, this volume contains
eleven beautifully illustrated essays--arranged in three sections
devoted to voyages, mappings, and sites--that consider the ways
that tropical places were encountered, experienced, and represented
in visual form. Covering a wide range of tropical sites in the
Pacific, South Asia, West Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America,
the book will appeal to a broad readership: scholars of
postcolonial studies, art history, literature, imperial history,
history of science, geography, and anthropology.
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